The Externalization of the Hierarchy - Section IV - Stages in the
Externalization

The sacraments, properly understood, serve to strengthen this
link and realization, and such a one as that of Baptism (when entered upon with
understanding) will draw forth oft a response from the Great Lord Himself. It is almost as
if a golden strand were directed from His heart to the heart of the servant - a strand
unbreakable and unfathomable and which, with each administration of any of the holy rites
in the succession of lives, becomes stronger, broader and brighter. Eventually these many
strands will become reabsorbed into their source when the Body of the Christ - one of the
seven Heavenly Men on the second or monadic plane - is completed in full expression, for
each one linked to Him becomes, in a vital sense, a cell in His Body. This the initiate
Paul truly sensed and knew. Via this strand passes the power to strengthen, to stimulate,
to vivify and to bless, and this is the true apostolic succession. All true disciples are
priests unto the Lord.

There is no question therefore that the work to be done in
familiarizing the general public with the nature of the Mysteries is of paramount
importance at this time. These Mysteries will be restored to outer expression through the
medium of the Church and the Masonic Fraternity, if those groups leave off being
organizations with material purpose, and become organisms with living objectives. When the
Great One comes with His disciples and initiates we shall have (after a period of
intensive work on the physical plane beginning around the year 1940) the restoration of
the Mysteries and their exoteric presentation, as a consequence of the first initiation.
Why can this be so? Because the Christ, [515] as you know, is the Hierophant of the first
and second initiations and He will, if the preparatory work is faithfully and well done,
administer the first initiation in the inner sanctuaries of those two bodies. Many
faithful workers will, during His period of work on earth, take this first initiation, and
some few will take the second. The race has now reached a point where many souls are on
the Probationary Path and need but the heightening of their vibration (made possible by
His Presence) to reach the portal of the Path itself.

And now
what is it that you all can do? What is the condition surrounding the aspirants of the
world today? We have a world full of unrest, a world full of pain, sorrow and strife, a
world in which the emotional bodies of humanity are in a condition of tremendous
disturbance, a world in which animals, men, women and children suffer, agonize and die; a
world in which hunger, sin, sickness, famine, rapine, and murder stalk unarrested; a world
in which the forms of religion exist but the life has gone, in which science is
prostituted to the ends of money and hate, and in which the produce of the earth is not
for the sustenance of the race but for the nourishing of the purses of the few; a world in
which faith is oft the subject of scoffing, in which unselfishness is regarded as the
attribute of a fool, and in which love is exploited in its lowest expression, sex. Is this
the atmosphere in which the Christ and His disciples can breathe? Is this a condition in
which They can find harmonious influences? Is this a state of affairs in which They can
work and live? Are the vibrations extant upon this planet similar to Theirs and to which
They can respond? We know that it is not so and that much must be done to facilitate Their
work. What then can we do?

First, teach the law of evolution and its inevitable corollary, perfected men. Men must
be taught that such Great Souls exist, and exist entirely to serve Their fellowmen. The
public must be familiarized with Their names and attributes, with Their work and purpose,
and men must be told that They are coming forth for the salvation of the world. [516]

Secondly,
disciples and aspirants must on every hand live harmoniously and love. The
violent vibrations of our surroundings must be stilled by a strong counter vibration of
love, remembering ever that as we work on the side of evolution, the power of the Godhead
itself is with us, available for use. Naught can withstand the steady pressures of love
and harmony when they are applied long enough. It is not spasmodic efforts that count. It
is the long-sustained, unvarying pressure which eventually breaks down opposition and the
walls of separativeness.

Thirdly, esoteric organizations must stand for all that tends to unity. All types of
work, all the exterior efforts of the many organizations must meet with loving cooperation
and assistance. We stand in a world of endeavor as focal points for love. Our objective is
the helping of the Great Ones and the rendering to Them of that intelligent assistance
which will make Their plans for humanity materialize. Through us, They choose to work for
the uplift of the world, and through the esoteric groups there must be the putting forth
of that intensified spiritual effort which will stem the tide of evil and avert the
possible difficulties that lurk in the darkness of the present chaos. The living organism
of aspirants and disciples can provide a center of peace, power and love, of practical
help and spiritual uplift such as the world has not hitherto seen. Such is the hope. See
you to it.